Contact your local energy provider (info below). Be prepared to give the nearest cross street, or the number of a nearby pole that has not been damaged and is away from any downed wires; the pole number can be found on the metal tag attached to the pole.

PSE&G: 1-800-436-7734

Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L): 1-800-662-3115

Atlantic City Electric: 1-800-642-3780

Orange Rockland Electric: 1-877-434-4100

To report a natural gas leak:

Contact your local gas provider.

Elizabethtown Gas: 1-800-492-4009

New Jersey Natural Gas: 1-800-427-5325

PSE&G: 1-800-436-7734

South Jersey Gas: 1-800-582-7060

To report complaints about electric or gas utilities:

Call the NJ Board of Public Utilities: 1-800-624-0241 or 1-609-341-9188.

To file an insurance claim, if you can’t find the number of your company or agent:

Call the NJ Department of Banking and Insurance at 1-800-446-7467 or go to www.dobi.nj.gov.

To report complaints about insurance companies:

Call the NJ Department of Banking and Insurance at 1-800-446-7467 or go to

Federal Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) provides financial assistance to individuals whose employment or self-employment has been lost or interrupted as a direct result of a major disaster, if they are not eligible for regular unemployment insurance benefits. If possible, applicants should firstfile online for unemployment insurance benefits at www.njuifile.netbecause claims can be processed more quickly via the Internet; however, applicants may file by phone by contacting the state Department of Labor’s Re-employment Call Centers at:

North Jersey– 201-601-4100

Central Jersey– 732-761-2020

South Jersey – 856-507-2340

Out-of-State – 888-795-6672

To report possible consumer fraud or price gouging by contractors or others:

State law makes excessive price increases illegal during a state of emergency, and for 30 days following the end of the emergency. Call the NJ Division of Consumer Affairs at 1-800-242-5846 or 1-973-220-3474.

To provide volunteer assistance in the cleanup and restoration effort:

1-908-303-0471. Volunteers may also send an email to rowena.madden@sos.state.nj.us. This service is managed by the NJ Business Action Center and the Governor’s Office of Volunteerism, both divisions within the NJ Department of State.

To ease the burden on customers who did not have a chance to visit a motor vehicle office in October, MVC Chairman and Chief Administrator Raymond P. Martinez has issued Administrative Order 2012-03 authorizing a 30-day extension for all driver’s licenses, vehicle registrations and vehicle inspection stickers that expired on October 31.